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' J. A. RITZ.

- BELT HOOK. I No.-364,673. v PatentedJune 14, 1887.

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JOHN A. RITZ, OF FRANKLIN, OHIO.

BELT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,673, dated June 14, 1887.

Application filed December 14, 1885. Serial No. 185,660. (No moth-l.)

the shanks of the bolts are passed through the belt and the plate A and the nuts tightened To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. Rrrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Warren and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Belt-Hook for the Union of Machine-Belts, of which the following is a specification;

The mechanism of my invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a metal plate having two convex or rounded opposite edges and a slightly-concave surface extending through the center. Fig. 2 is the reverse side or bottom view of the plate having nearand along each long side a row of small hooks at regular dis clampingplate, the opposite ends of which are concave upon the under or belt side, and the top portions opposite these concaves are rounded or convex. .The center portion of the plate is concave upon the upper side, as shown at Fig. 4. The under side ofthe plate, at its opposite concave edges, is provided with rows of short teeth 0, slightly hooked or inclining toward the center. These teeth are beveled or rounded upon the'outside, and should be of a length to pass about halfway through the belt 0.

The clamping-bolts Fig. 3 have their heads next to the shankrounded, to conform to the concave under side of the plate, so that when down upon the top of the plate the belt will be firmly pressed into the concave under surfaces of the plate, as seen in Fig. 4, and, with the aid of the teeth 0, insuring the firm retention-of the parts in the position shown.

The plate is made of malleable metal, and the central concave upon the upper side of the plate provides for its easy bending to conform to the size of the pulley, whether large or vsmall.

What I claim is- 1. In a belt-fastener, the combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of a plate adapted to conform to the outside of the belt, and having near its two opposite edges rows of short hooked teeth, the hooks inclining toward the center,'and bolts, suchas shown, for clamping the plate to the belt.

2. The combination, substantially as specified, of the curved clamping-platehaving short hooked teeth and perforated to receive fastening-bolts with the flat -headed bolts to pass through the belt and plate from the inside, and nuts to clamp the plate and belt together.

3. As a new article of mannfacture,-the hereinbefore-described malleablemetal belt-fast- JOHN A. RITZ.

\Vitnesses:

J 'D. MILLER, H. J. DEATH. 

